Khandi Alexander — American Dancer born on September 04, 1957,

Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She is best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods in the CBS police procedural series CSI: Miami, as LaDonna Batiste-Williams in HBO drama Treme, and as Catherine Duke in NBC sitcom NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring roles in NBC medical drama ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton, and as Maya Lewis, Olivia Pope's mother in ABC drama Scandal. Alexander also received critical acclaim for her performance in the HBO miniseries The Corner in 2000... (wikipedia)

This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.
I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.
I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.
I like comedy, I love it very much, I love laughing.
I had always done theater during the entire six years I was with 'CSI: Miami.'